Sustainable Fashion
Fast fashion is in no way sustainable. It smashes through environments, resources and communities, and then vast amounts of it end up in landfill when the quantities produced just aren’t sold. I know how long it would take me to cut out and sew a shirt and if I pick up a shirt on a rail that retails for £4.99, then something isn’t adding up.
It means a huge amount to me in the way I am running HannahSouthsea and the choices I make in that process. And for a sustainable future, the choices we all need to make.
Heart Surgery
In 2016 I was diagnosed with coronary heart disease and needed a heart bypass operation. I had a lot of recovery time, post surgery, so thought I’d write the whole thing down. As a forty something year old relatively fit female it had taken 18 months to diagnose why I was getting stomach pains and what had led to my human malfunction one Monday morning in the local Post Office. Luckily there was an ambulance nearby, I wasn’t billed for my overnight stay with the NHS and six months later I got the surgery I needed to give me the best chance of continued life on planet earth. This is my story.
Chapter #1 Head Like a Hole – Nine Inch Nails 1990
Chapter #2 Over the hills and far away – the mission – 2009
Chapter #3 angel of death – slayer – 1986
Chapter #4 evil magnet – toxic rabbit – 2008
Chapter #5 black is my heart (nemesis) – cradle of filth – 2004
Chapter #6 sugar coated bitter truth – slaves – 2013
Chapter #7 waiting for the nightboat – duran duran 1981
Chapter #8 pink sunshine – fuzzbox – 1986
Chapter #9 wait for the blackout – the damned – 1982
Chapter #10 what’s inside a girl – the cramps – 1986
Chapter #11 whatever doesn’t kill you is gonna leave a scar – marylin manson – 2009
Chapter #12 just can’t get enough – depeche mode – 1981
Chapter #13 chelsea smile – bring me the horizon – 2009
Chapter #14 no rest for the wicked – new model army – 1985
Chapter #15 Paper Thin – hot water music – 2001
Chapter #16 welcome to my nightmare – alice cooper – 1975
Chapter #17 first and last and always – sisters of mercy – 1985
Chapter #18 hot mess – girli – 2019
Chapter #19 diesel power – the prodigy – 1997 – RIP keith flint
Chapter #20 i don’t want to leave this life (evening lights) – fjokra – 2018
Short Stories
Anushka and the Witch
The brief for this was a short story set in Russia. Enter the world of a modern day fairy story incorporating wiccan magick alongside nail bars and social media.
The Outfit I will Never Wear Again
The Outfit I Will Never wear again
Given title for a competition entry which I based on my experiences of a heart bypass operation and a pair of purple leopard pyjamas.
Red Fox
Love in the Time of Covid #2 – Red Fox
In the near future, Lucy is obsessed with travelling to Mars. She finds her opportunity, but all is not as she might have imagined on the Red Planet.
Welcome to my Nightmare
Chapter #16 welcome to my nightmare – alice cooper – 1975
Based on a surgically inspired dream I had two nights after heart surgery.
Covid 19 Lockdown Musings
I haven’t really read these since the first few months of Covid when I wrote them. I may not even agree with what I wrote anymore. Nevertheless, at the time, this was my way of dealing with a historic time. A deeply different personal experience for everyone. I guess this is mine.
Love in the Time of Covid #2 – Red Fox
Love in the time of covid #4 – Southsea Independents
Love in the time of covid #5 – Baz Luhrmann – Are we Still Free to Wear Sunscreen?
Love in the Time of Covid #6 – Know Your Enemy – The Science Bit
Love in the Time of Covid #7 – Take me to your Leader
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